Weekly analysis - 4th December 2010 to 11th December 2010

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11-Dec-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th December 2010 to 11th December 2010

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Over the last week MillerSmiles has received many scams from the public and through its HoneyTrap scam detection system. Below we provide an analysis of the scams we have received for the week of 4th December 2010 to 11th December 2010


During the week we reported a total of 108 phishing scams

73 or 68% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

The 12 most popular scams as defined by search engine visits to our archive of scams we reported this week and in previous weeks were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.55% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.41% Message Update:- Dear Valued Customer alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 21st November 2010

0.38% Important Security Message from HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC reported 2nd December 2010

0.34% The Aol. Rewards Programme is here alleged sender Chase reported 4th December 2010

0.31% AOL rewards our esteemed member. alleged sender AOL reported 7th August 2010

0.27% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 25th April 2010

0.27% Security Message: Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 8th December 2010

0.27% Extra Security alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 8th December 2010

0.23% Halifax Bank - Restore Your Account Information alleged sender Halifax reported 5th September 2010

0.22% Important Account Information From HSBC BANK. alleged sender HSBC BANK reported 22nd October 2010

0.22% Confirm Natwest Banking Details alleged sender NatWest Online reported 24th November 2010

0.22% Account Notification alleged sender Egg reported 7th December 2010

 

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	29
HSBC	25
NATWEST	18
LLOYDS	11
PLC	11
BANKING	10
HALIFAX	8
ONLINE	8
CHASE	7
ABBEY	4
PAYPAL	4
LLOYDSTSB	4

 

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	42
ACCOUNT	32
ONLINE	24
MESSAGE	19
SECURITY	17
BANKING	16
HSBC	15
BANK	13
NEW	13
YOU	12
ALERT	11
HAVE	10

 

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	30
UNITED KINGDOM	9
CANADA	6
UKRAINE	3
GERMANY	3
VIET NAM	3
CZECH REPUBLIC	3
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	3
BULGARIA	2
SWEDEN	2
BRAZIL	2
SWITZERLAND	1

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